The killer could be a “phantom” robber with no ties to the Littleton bowling alley where three people were fatally shot six years ago.

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Such a random robbery is considered the least likely of four identified suspect scenarios, but in a case that hasn’t been solved despite an exhaustive investigation, it just might be what happened, Littleton police Lt. Mike Broadhead said.

There are no words to describe the pain that all of the families have suffered. Our only hope is that someone who knows something will do the right thing and come forward with information.
Maybe people reading about “cold cases” think that families have moved on and to bring it up would cause more pain. That could not be further from the truth. We live the night of the murders every day…still. Only the truth can give us peace.
Please. If you know anything at all, contact the Littleton Police Department.
Thank you
Jim’s Mom

Sharon Springer

There are no words to describe the pain that all of the families have suffered. Our only hope is that someone who knows something will do the right thing and come forward with information.
Maybe people reading about “cold cases” think that families have moved on and to bring it up would cause more pain. That could not be further from the truth. We live the night of the murders every day…still. Only the truth can give us peace.
Please. If you know anything at all, contact the Littleton Police Department.
Thank you
Jim’s Mom

Kate Stoddard

Every victim left behind those that loved them, and that continue to love and miss them. What an incredible tragedy for everyone. May the killer be determined to bring closure to this horrific story. Keep searching!

Kate Stoddard

Every victim left behind those that loved them, and that continue to love and miss them. What an incredible tragedy for everyone. May the killer be determined to bring closure to this horrific story. Keep searching!

Tina Bardwell

If anyone has information on this case please come forward. The family and friends of all these victims need closure to this horrible crime. This is pain that the family’s live with every single day. There is someone out there free and living life when they took the lives of three innocent people away from their family and friends. Think long and hard about that, you could be with a friend or family member that has no regard for human life other than their own. Please help these families in finding the person or persons that took their loved ones away and obviously has no conscience for what they have done.

Tina Bardwell

If anyone has information on this case please come forward. The family and friends of all these victims need closure to this horrible crime. This is pain that the family’s live with every single day. There is someone out there free and living life when they took the lives of three innocent people away from their family and friends. Think long and hard about that, you could be with a friend or family member that has no regard for human life other than their own. Please help these families in finding the person or persons that took their loved ones away and obviously has no conscience for what they have done.

Karen

It sounds like David Bachman could’ve been the killer and is no longer on this earth. Even if that is the case, he probably told someone of his crime and they need to come forward so the families, the community and police all have closure.

Karen

It sounds like David Bachman could’ve been the killer and is no longer on this earth. Even if that is the case, he probably told someone of his crime and they need to come forward so the families, the community and police all have closure.

Jennifer

I knew Jim. Worked with him. It saddens me to think that no one has an answer for his loss and the loss of the two others. I cannot imagaine what the families are going through but I can say that even after all this time, I think of him and his family each year at this time. Someone, please help the families in finding some peace. I’m glad to see this case is not forgotten. I’ll always remember Big Jim Springer, the “Fire” man!

Jennifer

I knew Jim. Worked with him. It saddens me to think that no one has an answer for his loss and the loss of the two others. I cannot imagaine what the families are going through but I can say that even after all this time, I think of him and his family each year at this time. Someone, please help the families in finding some peace. I’m glad to see this case is not forgotten. I’ll always remember Big Jim Springer, the “Fire” man!

Tom

Why would the Littleton Police name Bachman as the possible killer when they have no evidence he did it? I think it is irresponsible of Lt. Broadhead to name him and not name the other suspects they have. Sounds like Bachman’s family was cooperative yet now they have to live with the suspicions. Did Bachman match the description that the police have. Did he have a shaved head? I hope for the families sake that the killers come forward.

Tom

Why would the Littleton Police name Bachman as the possible killer when they have no evidence he did it? I think it is irresponsible of Lt. Broadhead to name him and not name the other suspects they have. Sounds like Bachman’s family was cooperative yet now they have to live with the suspicions. Did Bachman match the description that the police have. Did he have a shaved head? I hope for the families sake that the killers come forward.

Anonymous

Police should question Anthony Lee Conley.

Anonymous

Police should question Anthony Lee Conley.

Garrett

I was only eight when my aunt Erin was killed. She was my stepdad’s sister and I got to know her pretty well. Why someone would do this is beyond me because she had two daughters. My dad had to tell those little girls why their mom wouldn’t be coming home. I Love You Erin.
Your Nephew,
Garrett

Garrett

I was only eight when my aunt Erin was killed. She was my stepdad’s sister and I got to know her pretty well. Why someone would do this is beyond me because she had two daughters. My dad had to tell those little girls why their mom wouldn’t be coming home. I Love You Erin.
Your Nephew,
Garrett

Garrett

I was only eight when my aunt Erin was murdered. I will never forget the look on my dad’s face when he found out what had happened. My dad had to tell my aunt’s daughters why their mom wouldn’t be coming home. We just want to find out who did this. We want to know who put all these families through this pain. I graduated the Littleton Police Department’s Junior Police Academy last year and met some of the officers and crime scene investigators who worked this case. When they brought it up I told them that Erin was my aunt and the C.S.I burst into tears. The officers told me sorry for my family’s loss. Those officers said I was born to be a cop. I want to be a cop because no one should lose a family member to a homicide. If you know ANYTHING, please call the littleton police department.
I Love You Erin

Garrett

I was only eight when my aunt Erin was murdered. I will never forget the look on my dad’s face when he found out what had happened. My dad had to tell my aunt’s daughters why their mom wouldn’t be coming home. We just want to find out who did this. We want to know who put all these families through this pain. I graduated the Littleton Police Department’s Junior Police Academy last year and met some of the officers and crime scene investigators who worked this case. When they brought it up I told them that Erin was my aunt and the C.S.I burst into tears. The officers told me sorry for my family’s loss. Those officers said I was born to be a cop. I want to be a cop because no one should lose a family member to a homicide. If you know ANYTHING, please call the littleton police department.
I Love You Erin

jermey

This is Jeremy from nashville and I’m so sorry for ya’ll families, but I work with someone fitting the descripion of the bald guy that was involved in the murders.

jermey

This is Jeremy from nashville and I’m so sorry for ya’ll families, but I work with someone fitting the descripion of the bald guy that was involved in the murders.

Serena

My name is Serena,Erins sister I was the one who told the girls.No one knows what we felt but THE FAMILY ONLY…Its been 8 years and i love my sister and just want to know who and why they did this.PLEASE HELP if you know anythig.

it’s a shame that in this day and age, with all the science available that this murder has gone cold for 10 years. It seems like they are no closer now than they were the day after the shooting. Can you imagine how the families of these unfortunate victims feel? I can.

Brian Edson

I knew Robert Zajac. I bowled with him when I was a kid. Its sad that this has gone unsolved for so many years….

Ty

I knew Jim. Good man. I never saw him after he left utah but i hope they dont give up on this case. He deserves justice.

Kirk Mitchell is a general assignment reporter at The Denver Post who focuses on criminal justice stories. He began working at the newspaper in 1998, after writing for newspapers in Mesa, Ariz., and Twin Falls, Idaho, and The Associated Press in Salt Lake City. Mitchell first started writing the Cold Case blog in Fall 2007, in part because Colorado has more than 1,400 unsolved homicides.